Rule 204 close-out deadline for a short-sale fail, by trade date (US sessions, trailing weeks)
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-16, from Short Delivery Auction in India: NSE Rules.
| trade_date | trade_weekday | settlement_date | rule_204_deadline | deadline_weekday | calendar_days_to_deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | Mon | 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-26 | Wed | 2 |
| 2026-08-25 | Tue | 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-27 | Thu | 2 |
| 2026-08-26 | Wed | 2026-08-27 | 2026-08-28 | Fri | 2 |
| 2026-08-27 | Thu | 2026-08-28 | 2026-08-31 | Mon | 4 |
| 2026-08-28 | Fri | 2026-08-31 | 2026-09-01 | Tue | 4 |
| 2026-08-31 | Mon | 2026-09-01 | 2026-09-02 | Wed | 2 |
| 2026-09-01 | Tue | 2026-09-02 | 2026-09-03 | Thu | 2 |
| 2026-09-02 | Wed | 2026-09-03 | 2026-09-04 | Fri | 2 |
| 2026-09-03 | Thu | 2026-09-04 | 2026-09-08 | Tue | 5 |
| 2026-09-04 | Fri | 2026-09-08 | 2026-09-09 | Wed | 5 |
| 2026-09-08 | Tue | 2026-09-09 | 2026-09-10 | Thu | 2 |
| 2026-09-09 | Wed | 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-11 | Fri | 2 |
| 2026-09-10 | Thu | 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-14 | Mon | 4 |
| 2026-09-11 | Fri | 2026-09-14 | 2026-09-15 | Tue | 4 |
| 2026-09-14 | Mon | 2026-09-15 | 2026-09-16 | Wed | 2 |
- Rows × columns
- 15 × 6
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
trade_date |
date | 2026-08-24 to 2026-09-14 | |
trade_weekday |
text | 5 distinct values (Fri, Mon, Thu…) | |
settlement_date |
date | 2026-08-25 to 2026-09-15 | |
rule_204_deadline |
date | 2026-08-26 to 2026-09-16 | |
deadline_weekday |
text | 5 distinct values (Fri, Mon, Thu…) | |
calendar_days_to_deadline |
number | 2 to 5 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
toString(t_day) AS trade_date,
formatDateTime(t_day, '%a') AS trade_weekday,
toString(s_day) AS settlement_date,
toString(c_day) AS rule_204_deadline,
formatDateTime(c_day, '%a') AS deadline_weekday,
dateDiff('day', t_day, c_day) AS calendar_days_to_deadline
FROM
(
SELECT
session_date AS t_day,
anyLast(session_date) OVER (ORDER BY session_date ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 1 FOLLOWING) AS s_day,
anyLast(session_date) OVER (ORDER BY session_date ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 2 FOLLOWING) AS c_day,
count() OVER (ORDER BY session_date ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 2 FOLLOWING) AS sessions_in_frame
FROM
(
SELECT DISTINCT date AS session_date
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= today() - 24
)
)
WHERE sessions_in_frame = 3
ORDER BY t_day
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